Related Links: Check who else has has moved up, or moved on, in the AEC sector Kleinschmidt Associates, an environmental and energy engineering firm in Pittsfield, Maine, has named Charles A."Chuck" Padera as president and CEO. He succeeds Jacob A. "Jack" Palmer III, who is retiring. Most recently, Padera was senior vice president and integrated water-resources national business director at Atkins North America in Tampa, Fla. Palmer has been with Kleinschmidt since 1997.COATESHolland-based global engineering firm ARCADIS has elevated Gary Coates, chief operating officer of ARCADIS US, its Highlands Ranch, Colo.-based unit, to the added role of CEO, effective on
Related Links: SNC-Lavalin Wins Contracts, Even as Ethics Issues Widen SNC-Lavalin Names CH2M Hill Executive to Top Job Efforts To Restart Libyan Projects Land SNC-Lavalin in Controversy POHLMANNAndreas Pohlmann has joined SNC-Lavalin, Montreal, as its chief compliance officer, a new position at the global engineer, says a spokeswoman.The firm is involved in a Canadian probe into alleged bribery and corruption by former executives on local and overseas contracts. Pohlmann was founder and principal of a corporate compliance consultant, Pohlmann & Co., in Frankfurt, Germany.The consultant's website says that, from 2007 to 2010, he was chief compliance officer at Germany's
Rendering courtesy of New York State Thruway Authority This replacement for the aging Tappan Zee Bridge (above) will have a dual-span design, with construction set to take about five years. Peter Sanderson oversaw construction of the replacement I-35W bridge in Minneapolis in 2008. Related Links: Mixing Social and Structural Skills, Project Leaders Guided Historic Rebuild in Minnesota Tappan Zee Bridge Advances, With HNTB Named Owner's Engineer The project manager who helped oversee the speedy replacement of the collapsed Interstate-35W bridge in Minneapolis is now set to run one of the largest bridge projects in the nation.The New York State Thruway
Related Links: See who else has moved up, or moved on, in the AEC sector Douglas Eckmann has joined TKW Consulting Engineers Inc., Fort Myers, Fla., as chief operating officer and engineering manager. He previously served as vice president and senior program manager at AECOM Technology Corp. TKW, which specializes in civil, structural and environmental engineering and mapping services, is a woman-owned firm founded in 1989. ECKMANNPC Construction Co., South Burlington, Vt., has elevated Kevin McCarthy to president and CEO, effective on April 1. Now executive vice president, he will replace Peter Bernhardt in those roles. Bernhardt will become chairman, replacing
Related Links: See who else has moved up, or moved on, in the AEC sector Fred Perpall, 38, has been elevated to CEO of The Beck Group, the Dallas building contractor and professional services firm. In that role, he replaces Henry C. "Peter" Beck III, who becomes executive chairman. Perpall had been Beck managing director and head of its eastern division operations, based in Atlanta. He now returns to Dallas. PERPALLThe firm ranks at No. 130 on ENR's list of the Top 400 Contractors, with $448 million in 2011 revenue. Perpall said on Feb. 7 that the firm, which marked
Related Links: See who else has moved up, or moved on, in the AEC sector Will Michael Baker Opt to Go Private? Spanish Exec Becoming Hochtief CEO May Tighten Hold on U.S. Unit John DiCiurcio, who had been, since 2011, the Chicago-based chief operating officer of building contractor Turner Construction Co., New York City, has been elevated to CEO of Flatiron Construction, the Longmont, Colo., infrastructure builder.Previously named as Flatiron's COO in December and a member of its executive board since 2007, he now replaces Tom Rademacher, who has left the company, a Flatiron spokeswoman confirms.DICIURCIOBoth Flatiron and Turner are
Related Links: See who else has moved up, or moved on, in the AEC sector Thomas F. Fortier has joined design firm HOK, St. Louis, as vice president and director of science and technology. Based in San Francisco, he is formerly a principal and managing director at Bay Area architect KlingStubbins, which was acquired by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Pasadena, Calif., in 2011. Fortier also was a principal at ZGF Architects. FORTIERWest Yost Associates Inc., a Davis, Calif.-based engineer, has elevated Charles Duncan to president. Formerly chief operating officer, he joined the firm in 1997 as a project manager. The firm,
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. (Ret.) Douglas J. McAneny has joined engineer-architect HDR, Omaha, as executive vice president and director of its federal business group.
Courtesy of C3TS/Stantec Inaugural poet and engineer Richard Blanco delivers a poem at 2008 groundbreaking for Miami urban project he helped design. Related Links: Inaugural Poem: "One Today" by Richard Blanco, P.E. Blanco Poem at 2008 Groundbreaking for City of South Miami, Sunset Drive Improvements Richard Blanco, who wrote and delivered the Inaugural poem "One Today" at the Jan. 21 second-term swearing-in of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden, made history as the first Hispanic gay man and, at 44, the youngest person selected as the inaugural poet.He also carries the distinction as the first civil engineer with
Courtesy of Balfour Beatty Deputy CEO Andrew McNaughton moves into U.K. contracting giant's top spot in April. Related Links: Balfour Beatty and Parsons Brinckerhoff Seek Their Sweet Spot as a Global Infrastructure Firm In a planned succession, Ian P. Tyler, a chartered accountant who has led U.K.-based Balfour Beatty PLC since 2005, will step down as CEO on March 31, the firm announced on Jan. 7.Set to replace him is his deputy, chartered civil engineer Andrew J. McNaughton, 48.Tyler presided over Balfour Beatty's tripling in size, including its foray into the U.S. market.The firm acquired, in 2007, Centex Construction, the
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